What is a type of map that is made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a piece of paper that touches the globe at a single point?
What is a gnomonic projection
100
What kind of structure is a structure that has its particles arranged in a regular geometric pattern?
What is crystalline structure
100
Name the two main types of igneous rocks. (Hint: one forms inside the Earth and one does not)
What is intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks
100
What is weathering? (Bonus, what are the two types of weathering for double the points?)
What is the process in which materials on or near Earth's surface break down and change. Bonus answer (Chemical and Mechanical)
100
What is a bend or curve in a stream?
What is a meander
200
What is the satellite navigation system that allows users to locate their approximate position on Earth?
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)
200
What is the attraction of two atoms for a shared pair of electrons that hold the atoms together?
What is a covalent bond
200
Name the two types of bedding in sediments.
What is graded bedding and Cross-bedding
200
DAILY DOUBLE
What are creeps, flows, slides, slumps, and avalanches
200
What is a land area that is covered with water for part of the year?
What is a wetland
300
Name the two lines that mark the start of the direction.
What is the Equator and Prime Meridian
300
What does the Mohs Scale measure and what does the scale range from (Just need the mineral that is a 1 and the mineral that is a 10)? Need both parts to be correct.
What is It measures hardness of minerals and it ranges from Talc(1) to Diamond(10).
300
What type of texture is characterized by large, well-formed crystals surrounded by finer-grained crystals of the same mineral?
What is porphyritic texture
300
What is a wind blown pile of silt deposits?
What is loess
300
DAILY DOUBLE
What is a sloping depositional features formed at the bases of slopes and are composed of mostly sand and gravel
400
What is the more modern version of the metric system? (Will give double points if you give the entire name).
What is SI or Le Systeme International d'Unités
400
What is the difference between Density and Specific Gravity?
What is Density is M/V (Mass divided by Volume) and Specific Gravity is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the mass of an equal volume of water at 4 Degrees Celsius.
400
Name the three types of sedimentary sediments.
What is Clastic, Biochemical, and Chemical
400
What is a mound of layered sediments deposited at the retreating glacier face?
What is a kame
400
What is the difference between the original water-table level and the water in the pumped well
What is drawdown
500
At what temperature is absolute zero at on the Celsius scale?
What is -273 Degrees
500
What is the chemical formula for water when we are combining acids and bases (Hint: both variables have an H in it)
What is H+ + OH- =H2O
500
Name the five processes that need to happen in order for a sedimentary rock to form? Need all five to get the points.
What is deposition, transportation, lithification, compaction, and cementation
500
Name the four types of dunes that are found.
What is Barchan, Transverse, Parabolic, and Longitudinal